In-house Purchase vs. Mobile Shred Services
Recognized for their rugged design features, Primo America document shredders meet the demands of intensive “in-house” document destruction.  In addition, our shredders provide a number of benefits over using an outside contractor.

• Creates peace of mind.  Once a document has been shredded, any security issue is ended.  With an outside contractor, security risk continues: from storage at your business, during transit, and while being shredded off-site.  The first aggressive prosecution of a fraudulent violation of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) resulted from a dishonest employee, not from a procedural vulnerability.  In addition, there have been several news reports of major financial companies losing data tapes containing the vital information of thousands of their clients while in transit by their outside contractors.
• Eliminates the time and expense of extensive background checks.  Recent legislation requires due diligence in the selection of an outside contractor that can require outside counsel and your insurance company’s involvement.  The selection process can be expensive and time-consuming and may not limit your legal responsibility.  Often, an outside contractor will only assume nominal liability.
• Eliminates the need for costly administrative oversight.  Working with an outside contractor requires filling out forms, ensuring that the bags are security sealed on-site, admitting them on-site with the general disruption and time wasted when the bags are collected, loss of precious space the bags take up within the offices (especially when they are not collected on time), ordering extra bags, and finally potential health and safety issues that go along with lifting and moving shred bags, as they can weigh a considerable amount when full.
• Provides cost savings.  The cost of purchasing new machines can often be recovered in one year, while charges from an outside contractor will continue to accumulate as an ongoing fixed expense. 

Shredding documents in-house with Primo America allows you to control your own document security.  Having direct control greatly reduces your exposure to potentially expensive liabilities, increases your office’s efficiency and productivity, and provides cost savings by eliminating endless outside contractor fees.